## A.java

package x;

class A {
  protected int q = 13;
}

## B.scala

package x;

class B {
  val a = new A()
  println(a.q)
}

## And then...

pstickne@test$ scalac *.java *.scala
B.scala:5: error: variable q cannot be accessed in x.A
  println(a.q)
            ^
one error found

## ... but even when separate

pstickne@test$ javac -d . A.java
pstickne@test$ scalac B.scala
B.scala:5: error: variable q cannot be accessed in x.A
  println(a.q)
            ^
one error found



<mapreduce> fwiw it looks like you should look at line 326 or so of scala/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Infer.scala
<mapreduce> checkAccessible
<mapreduce> Or report a bug :)